Author Archives: L ONeill

August 26, 2025: From the Pen of Dr. Maxine

Dear Ones,

As we move along our individual and group spiritual evolutionary paths, we honor each person’s individual timing. Just as a group of mountain climbers may all be headed for the same campsite and arrive at the times that each person’s pace permits, so we respect our own and others’ evolutionary processes. It is the leaders, the seasoned mountain people, who establish the length of the climb and prepare the welcoming place of rest, always motivating those in their care to continue to their destination. No one is judged or compared, only encouraged and assisted, as needed.

Similarly, as you and I deepen faith, leaving doubt behind more permanently, we inspire others to live more completely in a consciousness of constant faith and freedom. Let’s continue supporting each other on this marvelous journey, rising more and more into that rarified atmosphere where the perpetual assurance of the Presence enfolds and inspires us.

Join us this Sunday, August 31st  at UCCVF, 45 Walker Road, Wayne, PA, as we complete the month’s theme of “Take a Vacation from Doubt,” as we suggest, “Establishing a Permanent Faith.” Regular service begins at 1:00 P.M. E.T. and you may come at 12:30 P.M. to join the Practitioner of the Day for a 15-minute Meditation before Celebration. If you are part of our online Sundays, log onto our website, www.cslphilly.org and go to the orange Watch Online button to be with us virtually. Our extended family members are a significant part of our Beloved Community.

Remember that our first fall class begins on Tuesday, September 2nd on Zoom, 6:30 to 9:00 P.M. EDT. “Spiritual Practices and Principles” is a five-week accredited CSL class, using both the student workbook and Ernest Holmes’ This Thing Called You and Science of Mind. Join this bright and open-hearted group by clicking here for all the details, to register and make payment.

Our eight wonderful Licensed Professional Practitioners are listed on their own page on our website. Four are in this area, and four are out-of-state but easily contacted. Look them up on their designated page on our website and choose any of them to lift your consciousness through spiritual mind treatment.

With great love and respect,

Dr. Maxine

August 19, 2025: From the Pen of Dr. Maxine

Dear Ones,

As our personal faith in the Divine Presence deepens, so our joy in living expands. Moving away from doubt and embracing Spirit’s Love and Wisdom, we find more Peace and Power in every day’s activities, and life just keeps getting better. Naturally, the next step is to invite our loved ones to join us in this dynamic, elevated consciousness.  They quite possibly already are asking how you manage to move through life with such a positive attitude and successful experiences.

You can help them move away from doubt and uncertainty by sharing your love with them and encouraging them to open their hearts and minds to a Power for Good that is greater than we are, right where we are, and available for our wise and compassionate use. Show them how Grace is always ready to lift us from doubt to faith and loves working in our lives.

Be with us this Sunday, August 24th at UCCVF, 45 Walker Road, Wayne, PA, as we continue the month’s theme of “Take a Vacation from Doubt,” suggesting to “Take Your Friends on Vacation.” Regular service begins at 1:00 P.M. and you may come at 12:30 P.M. to join the Practitioner of the Day for a 15-minute Meditation before Celebration. If you are out of the area, log onto our website, www.cslphilly.org and go to the  Watch Online button to be with us virtually. You are very much a part of our Beloved Community as online participants in our Sunday Celebrations.

Later in the afternoon on the 24th , we are invited to join our UCC friends at 3:00 P.M. for “Church in the Wild,” a sweet opportunity to experience Spirit in nature. Click here to see the Events Page of our website for all the details.

With Danielle and Bob Branciforte from Tallahassee, Florida having joined our “God Squad,” we now have eight wonderful Licensed Professional Practitioners, all listed on their own page on our website. Four are in this area, and four are out-of-state but easily contacted. Click here to look them up on their designated page on our website, and choose any of them to lift your consciousness through spiritual mind treatment.

With great love and respect,

Dr. Maxine

August 12, 2025: From the Pen of Dr. Maxine

Dear Ones,

For some folks, it does not seem easy to accept help, even when such assistance could ease a burden, lift a heart, or clear a mind. What they may not realize is that giving of oneself is typically a very joyful and satisfying activity for the person offering it, so the one refusing the gift denies pleasure to both parties. We are not here to “soldier through” life on our own but to love and inspire each other in this wonderful journey.

We belong to God and to one another, and this divine/human connection may just be the most significant experience of our lives. As we open our hearts to each other, it becomes challenging to determine who is the giver and who the receiver of this inspiration. We lift each other and delight in our interdependence. Relying completely upon the Unconditional Love available to all, we then find an abundance of Divine Nurture to share with family, friends, neighbors, and even strangers.

Join us for a very special day this Sunday, August 17th  at UCCVF, 45 Walker Road, Wayne, PA, as we dedicate two beautiful new practitioners and rededicate the current six.  We’ll be focusing on, ”Let Yourself Be Lifted,” as we celebrate these eight beloved individuals who lovingly lift us to higher consciousness.  Regular service begins at 1:00 P.M. and you may come at 12:30 P.M. to join the Practitioner of the Day for a 15-minute Meditation before Celebration. The Practitioner Dedication will take place during the service, with Jim Wade providing the Sunday music, and a small reception will follow.  If you are out of the area, log onto our website, www.cslphilly.org and go to the  orange Watch Online button to be with us virtually. You are very much a part of our Beloved Community as online participants in our Sunday Celebrations.

Next Sunday, August 24th, we are invited to join our UCC friends at 3:00 P.M. for “Church in the Wild,” a sweet opportunity to experience Spirit in nature. Click here for more information.

Call on any of our eight Licensed Professional Practitioners, listed on their own page on our website. Whenever you need a “faith lift,” they are there for you and will be happy to work with you in spiritual mind treatment.

With great love and respect,

Dr. Maxine

August 5, 2025: From the Pen of Dr. Maxine

Dear Ones,

Our society seems to honor “busy-ness,” expecting folks to show their productivity and professionalism by being constantly active, mentally and physically. Creating and producing are wonderful, so long as we attain a balance, mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. We are all co-creators with the Divine, capable of bringing about beautiful and fruitful expressions of Life, especially when we remember to rest and restore, and when we realize that it is God working through us, not we of our human selves. The “rest” can be as simple as “tithing” ten percent of our mental focus each day on the Divinity within our activity, shifting our attention from “doing” to “being.” Can you take up to 10 minutes out of each hour to contemplate the majesty of Infinity and soak yourself in Spirit?

The rewards are great when we are mindful of the Presence, rather than overwhelmed with tasks and deadlines. Relaxing into the day, recognizing the Power within that loves working through us, we can attain that sweet balance and actually find ourselves more productive. Let’s give ourselves the gift of using the Creative Intelligence so intelligently that we remain peaceful in our productivity.

This Sunday, August 10th  at UCCVF , 45 Walker Road, Wayne, PA, we continue August’s Theme, ”Take a Vacation from Doubt.” My topic will be, “Let Your Mind and Heart Rest.” Celebration begins at 1:00 P.M. and you may come at 12:30 P.M. to join the Practitioner of the Day for a 15-minute Meditation before Celebration. If you are out of the area, log onto our website, www.cslphilly.org and go to the Watch Online button to be with us virtually. You are very much a part of our Beloved Community as online participants in our Sunday Celebrations.

Be sure also to attend our Celebration the following Sunday, August 17th, as we dedicate two new Practitioners and re-dedicate the present six during our regular service. Our Licensed Professional Practitioners are all listed on their own page on our website. Whenever you need a consciousness boost or a “faith lift,” call any of them, and they will be happy to work with you in spiritual mind treatment (affirmative prayer.)

With great love and respect,

Dr. Maxine

July 29, 2025: From the Pen of Dr. Maxine

Dear Ones,

“Down with Doubt!” A colleague recently uttered these determined words during a ministers’ Zoom gathering, and I loved this clarion call for us to break out of indecision and timidness and gain the glorious confidence that is our birthright! Even an occasional break from worry or doubt can change one’s consciousness for the better.  It is as we seek to develop greater faith by inviting Spirit’s Wisdom and Harmony to fill us that we finally learn to live in Grace and Serenity.

Returning often to Source, experiencing the Peace of the Presence, and feeling Its Power, we become free of any attachments to fearful thoughts and emotions.  In knowing our unity with the Divine, we no longer doubt the Indwelling Power and Presence of which we were formed and from which we derive our very life.  So, “down with doubt” and up with faith in Spirit’s nurture and guidance, each and every day!

Join us this Sunday, August 3rd at UCCVF , 45 Walker Road, Wayne, PA, as we begin a new month, whose theme is ”Take a Vacation from Doubt.” My topic will be, “What Do You Know for Certain?” Celebration begins at 1:00 P.M. and you may come at 12:30 P.M. to join the Practitioner of the Day for a 15-minute Meditation before Celebration. If you are out of the area, log onto our website, www.cslphilly.org and go to the orange button Watch Online button to be with us virtually.  You are very much a part of our Beloved Community as online participants in our Sunday Celebrations.

Licensed Professional Practitioners are available to you and can be found on their own page on our website. Any of them will be happy to work with you in spiritual mind treatment (affirmative prayer.)

With great love and respect,

Dr. Maxine